All articles by John Croft – Page 58
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United expedited engine repairs after Chicago smoke incident
United Air Lines accelerated a program to replace defective bearings on its Pratt & Whitney PW-4090-powered Boeing 777s following a 14 December 2007 incident...
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NTSB: go! pilot napped regularly in Mesa cockpits
A Mesa Airlines CRJ200 pilot with undiagnosed severe sleep apnea told NTSB investigators that he had intentionally "napped in the cockpit" about once per...
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EASA issues emergency AD for certain CFM56-5B engines
Operators flying a small number of CFM56-5B turbofan engines will be required to replace one of the aircraft's two powerplants if both are shown to have...
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NTSB: Air Wisconsin Philadelphia gear-up landing followed maintenance
A preliminary report by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reveals that an Air Wisconsin CRJ200 that landed with its left main gear retracted...
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NewsEurocopter sells EC135 for UK’s first wind farm maintenance helicopter
UK helicopter operator Bond Air Services has ordered a Eurocopter EC135 to be used exclusively for wind farm maintenance in the UK, the first such application in the country, says Eurcopter.
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US Airways management, pilots union split on finer points of safety reporting
US Airways pilots, seeking to increase industry standard immunity levels guaranteed by the US FAA's Aviation Safety Action Programme (ASAP), have terminated...
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NewsEmbraer: No injuries in Phenom 100 runway excursion
Embraer is reporting that the crew of a production Phenom 100 was unharmed in a runway excursion incident after a test flight at the company’s Gavião Peixoto facility in Brazil on 14 December.
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Gear problems vex Bombardier CRJs
US officials are investigating left main landing gear failures on two types of Bombardier regional jets on two separate occasions this week, incidents that...
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The ultimate yuletide surprise: a car with wings
On eBay there is a Christmas gift sure to garner everlasting gratitude from your favourite aviation buff. All you have to do is buy it. At $3.5 million,...
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NewsSky Wings completes Stage 4 hush installation on MD-83
Greek charter operator Sky Wings in partnership with Ukraine-based Khors Aircompany has upgraded the twin Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 turbofan engines on one...
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FAA moves to avoid confusion during Delta-Northwest integration
The FAA has issued new phraseology rules in an effort to "avoid confusion" over the identification of Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines aircraft for...
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NTSB: Loss of 'effective air traffic control' at root of 2006 Legacy 600, Gol 737 collision
Following the publication of the Brazilian final report into the 2006 fatal mid-air collision between an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet and a Gol Transportes...
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NTSB: Loss of “effective air traffic control” at root of 2006 Legacy 600, Gol 737 collision
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that "numerous individual and institutional ATC factors" are the most likely causes of...
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NTSB investigates Heathrow-like Trent 800 engine issue
US NTSB senior investigator Bill English is meeting with Boeing regarding an in-flight power rollback on the right-hand Rolls-Royce Trent 895 engine powering...